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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

The Smart Growth Committee is composed of fifteen members, with three appointed by each of Lee County's five member Board of County Commissioners. In addition, there are three ex-officio members, which are the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, The Chairman of the Lee County School Board, and the County Manager.

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SMART GROWTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Appointed by Commission DISTRICT 1:

JILL TYRER

Occupation: Editor, Gulfshore Business magazine

Education: Bachelor of Arts in English, Bachelor of Science in business management, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Home: Cape Coral

 

JACK LUFT

Occupation: consultant in Comprehensive Planning, Urban Design and Land Development Regulations.  Provides expert witness testimony on Planning & Zoning Issues; presently Town Planner for Surfside, Florida; Retired from 28 years with Planning Department of City of Miami – Director of Planning, Development, Asset Management and Redevelopment Authority; Vice-chairman for ten years of Miami Beach Design Review Board; Member of Governor Graham’s Florida Bicycle Advisory Committee.  Member of Florida Smart Growth Task Force for Department of Community Affairs – 1995-1998.  Member – American Institute of Certified Planners.  Member of Urban Land Institute Advisory Task Force – Akron, Ohio & Missoula Montana.

Education: Bachelors of Landscape Architecture and Masters of Urban and Regional Planning – Iowa State University. 

Home: Sanibel

 

MIKE MULLINS

Occupation: Entrepreneur

Education: BBA-Pace University, 1972

Home: Captiva

 

STEVEN K. TEUBER

Occupation: School Board Member (currently Chair)

Education:

Home: Fort Myers

 

Appointed by Commission DISTRICT 2:

BILL HAMMOND (CO-CHAIRMAN)

Occupation: professor in ecological studies, interdisciplinary studies and marine systems at Florida Gulf Coast University

Education: bachelor’s in science education and biological sciences from
Cortland State University; master’s in science education from Cortland State University; doctorate in environmental theory and education from Simon Fraser University

Home: Fort Myers 

 

BRIAN GRIFFIN (CO-CHAIRMAN)

Occupation: senior field representative for the Insurance Services Office
Education: bachelor’s in humanities from the University of Munich, Germany. He also is a charter property casualty underwriter, trained at the American Insurance Institute.

Home: Matlacha

 

O. LEE FORD

Occupation: self-employed, helps small businesses, such as concrete or sod companies, get contracts to perform work Education: attended St. Mary’s of the Plains College in Dodge City, Kan., for one year.

Home: Fort Myers

Appointed by Commission district 3:

ELLEN LINDBLAD

Occupation: Long Range Planner for the School District of Lee County

Education: bachelor’s in recreation from Southern Illinois University and
certified in conservation land acquisition from Duke University

Home: South Fort Myers

 

DAMON ROMANELLO

Occupation: Project Manager / Planner with Architecture Incorporated

Education: Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Florida Atlantic University.
 
Home: South Fort Myers

NEAL NOETHLICH

Occupation: Retired:  AT&T and Lucent Technologies, Manufacturing and International Marketing. 

Education: Bachelor's in Business Administration, Ohio University:  MBA, University of Richmond.

Home: Estero
 

Appointed by Commission DISTRICT 4:

Whitney Gray

Occupation: Southwest Area Manager of Grimail Crawford, Inc., a transportation engineering company; former Clearwater (Florida) City Commissioner and board member of the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization

Education: BS in Zoology from University of Florida; currently enrolled in UF Certificate of Environmental Policy and Management program.

Home: North Fort Myers

 

CARIE CALL

Occupation: Transportation and environmental planner for PBSJ. Former newspaper reporter, environment and government, 20 years.

Education: B.A. Communications, Florida Southern College. Completed a fellowship in environmental science and law at University of Colorado in 2001.

Home: Pine Island

 

MARGARET BANYAN

Occupation:

Consultant in Comprehensive Planning, Community Planning, Public Participation Facilitation, and Strategic Planning.  Presently a Community Planner for Johnson Engineering, Inc. Fort Myers, Florida.  Research interest in the relationship between the built environment and the civic capacity of people and organizations.  Former faculty member at Florida Gulf Coast University, former Director of the Center for Public Participation, and former Hatfield Resident at the National Policy Consensus Center.  Member—American Society of Public Administration.

Education: B.S. in History – University of Oregon.  Masters of Public Administration – Portland State University.  Ph.D. in Public Administration and Policy – Portland State University. 

Home: Fort Myers

 

Appointed by Commission DISTRICT 5:

RONALD J. HAMEL

Occupation: Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Gulf Citrus Growers Association that includes a geographical service area of Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Glades and Hendry Counties

Education:  A journalism/public relation's honors graduate of the University of Florida and a graduate of Leadership Florida.

Home: Fort Myers
 

MARGARET FINEBERG

Occupation: Legislative Administrator to Councilman Thomas Leonardo, Ward 6, City of Fort Myers

Home: Fort Myers

 

LIZ PAUL

Occupation: Realtor since 1988. Currently a Broker-Associate with RE/MAX Realty Group.

Education: Bachelor of Administration Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada. Real Estate designation -- CRS, GRI.

Home: South Fort Myers

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EX-OFFICIO:

TAMMY HALL, LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 4  

Education: Elected to the Lee county Board of Commissioners in November 2004 and reelected in 2006.

Home:  Cape Coral

 

DON STILWELL, LEE COUNTY MANAGER

Education: bachelor's in law from University of Oregon and master's in public administration from Lewis and Clark College

Home: Fort Myers

STAFF SUPPORT:

WAYNE DALTRY, SMART GROWTH DIRECTOR

(239) 533-2221